Old shadow of the Republic of China 8

When he heard a stranger visiting Li Liuli, he was stunned and turned to ask the butler: "What is this person's origin?"

This is not asking her what profession it is, but asking her what origin she is.

The housekeeper whispered: "Her father works in the government and has met several times with the old man."

In other words, I have only met each other, but never had in-depth interactions. Such a relationship makes people feel a little strange.

Li Liuli frowned and said that she was about to go abroad. What does it mean? Could it be that her confidante who was provoking outside? The smile on her face slightly stopped and asked, "How old is this reporter Xu?"

Lin Yutong's hand holding the tea cup immediately understood Li Liuli's thoughts. She pretended to be unable to understand anything, and only held the cup in her hand and was stunned.

The housekeeper felt a little sad, he had never thought about this before. So he looked at Lin Yutong with the corner of his eyes, as if he felt that something outsiders were talking about it was a bit inconvenient. But he whispered in a low voice: "I look very young in my twenties."

As for temperament, let alone. If you can come out as a reporter or a professional woman, you will know that you are a trendy person.

The expression on Li Liuli's face became even lighter, and she nodded: "Since you are here, then call me in. You are a guest at the door."

The housekeeper reached out to wipe the sweat from his head, and then turned around and went out. Lin Yutong got up and said goodbye. When the guests came to visit him, it was not appropriate to stay. No matter who Xu Lihua did it for herself, she just did her own thing. So she said, "Then I'll go back first. There is still some time before leaving, and there is still a chance to meet."

Li Liuli pulled Lin Yutong, "I originally wanted to talk to you. It seems that I can only find another opportunity."

"Then another day. I'll come over and let's talk slowly." Lin Yutong responded casually.

The two came out of the main hall together and happened to walk face to face with Xu Lihua.

"Doctor Lin is leaving?" Xu Lihua smiled and said to Yanyan. "I took the initiative to visit the door this time. In fact, half of the reason is to ask Mrs. Chen to recommend you to me. I want to know a doctor like you. It's not been a day since I planned it."

Lin Yutong seemed to be stunned for a moment before she suddenly said, "Oh, I remember, you are that reporter."

Li Liuli raised her eyebrows, and she didn't look like a mistress coming to her door. She couldn't help but look at Lin Yutong in confusion: "Do you know each other?"

Lin Yutong hesitated for a moment before saying, "I met before in a hurry. You may not know that this Miss Xu is a man of men and a positional reporter who dares to go to the front line to interview in the fire of war."

"Is that true?" Li Liuli couldn't help but look at the Miss Xu again, "I'm so disrespectful."

Xu Lihua waved her hands repeatedly: "I've been awarded too much! Compared with Dr. Lin's kindness, I'm really nothing to do with my pen."

Lin Yutong smiled and said, "Let's stop praising each other." As he said that, he waved to Li Liuli, "If you have a distinguished guest, I won't disturb you." He nodded to Xu Lihua again, "Then I'll take a step first."

"Doctor Lin!" Xu Lihua reached out and wanted to hold Lin Yutong's arm. She thought it was accurate to pull one by one, but she didn't expect that her hands would touch someone's clothes, but she didn't catch anything. She was stunned for a moment, and her arms were still stretched out to block Lin Yutong's way. "Doctor Lin, what I said just now was not a polite word. I really wanted to ask Mrs. Chen to recommend us both. Since we met so by chance, this is also our fate. Please give us a look and leave it for half an hour. How about it?"

He put his posture so low, and he was in front of the master of the Chen family. He couldn't do this without giving him any face.

Li Liuli felt that Xu Lihua was too strong in doing things. Why did she borrow the Chen family's face? She was too unauthentic in doing things.

Three people and three moods returned to the living room again.

Xu Lihua clearly felt that Li Liuli's attitude towards her was not as good as before, but that didn't matter. The Chen family is just a bridge. It is good to maintain a good relationship, but it doesn't matter if she can't get the favor of his family.

She first told Li Liuli about her first purpose this time: "I heard that your mansion is going abroad. I have some things and I want to ask you to bring them to me. I have many teachers and friends in the United States, and they still have some identity and energy in the United States. I have to bother Mrs. Chen."

The implication is that although you were asked to run errands, they also indirectly introduced you to your connections and did not cause you to suffer losses.

A trace of disdain flashed in Li Liuli's heart. She was in China, but it did not mean that she didn't know about the outside world. What kind of friendship, what kind of connections, in the United States, if you have money, you have connections, and whoever doesn't have money recognizes who you are. But this is all about to leave, and the other party's father is working in a government department again. She felt that offending people is not worth it. What should I do if someone tampers behind him at this time? Besides, many servants who depended on the Chen family cannot leave this time and have to live here, so she will not offend people easily. She just smiled reservedly: "Oh! So that's this. It's not worth it. We want to thank reporter Xu."

Xu Lihua was very satisfied with Li Liuli's reaction, so she talked about the second thing. She looked at Lin Yutong, "The second thing is to meet Dr. Lin. I didn't know how to find Dr. Lin before. By chance, I realized that Dr. Lin and Mrs. Chen had a good relationship. Then I came over with shamelessness."

Lin Yutong always had a smile on her face, but at this moment, she was completely sure that this reporter Xu Lihua came for her and even deliberately wanted to get close to her. What does the Chen family mean to help bring things? It can be said that it is an excuse. The purpose is to find a glamorous reason to know herself and get close to her.

So, is it said that the relationship between this female reporter and the Blue-Yi Club may not be so simple?

Lin Yutong knew it, and her face became solemn: "I'm so anxious to find me? Why? Is there a patient at home?"

The expression on Xu Lihua's face froze slightly. Why did this person speak like this?

Li Liuli felt relieved and didn't care about Xu Lihua's attitude just now. If she had a patient in this family, it would be nothing if she was in a hurry to make a relationship. It was normal.

Seeing that Xu Lihua didn't say anything, Lin Yutong whispered to Li Liuli: "The people who are in a hurry to find the doctor are all the patients' families. But I didn't expect that I found you here."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Lihua quickly said: "Doctor Lin misunderstood, it was not because of the patient. It was a newspaper. The newspaper wanted to make an appointment with Dr. Lin for infectious diseases. It should let the general public know more about common sense."

This reason was found

Lin Yutong looked at Xu Lihua in shock: "That's all? I'm still so anxious?" After that, she smiled at Li Liuli, "Reporter Xu is really dedicated."

Xu Lihua smiled embarrassedly: "The main reason is that I heard Dr. Lin's words last time, I seemed to have some misunderstandings about our newspaper. So I am afraid that you will refuse if you make a rash appointment."

It seems that this explanation is quite reasonable. China has been a society of personal relationships since ancient times. There are regulations that do not leave, but it is just that human relationships are better to speak.

Lin Yutong smiled. She didn't plan to agree, and it was even more impossible to have a unclear relationship with them. So she said in a dilemma: "I have a manuscript about epidemic prevention and control, and I have already planned to find a publisher to publish it. If your newspaper really has the intention to publish it, you can excerpt it from the book." But she will never write a manuscript for them. Once this thing is related, it will be difficult to explain it clearly.

Xu Lihua didn't expect to get such an answer. It was better to say that it was a friend or friend's family member just now. This made me have a lot of contact. This was also a ghost. This woman looked kind and smiled, but she didn't look so easy to see. On the contrary, she felt that this woman was really difficult and not easy to deal with at all.

After saying a few more words, Lin Yutong looked at the watch on her wrist, "It's been half an hour. I really have to leave."

Li Liuli had never seen Lin Yutong refuse people like this before, and she really did not give anyone any face. Just now, someone said that she would stay for half an hour, but it was just a polite word. As a result, after half an hour, she not only left immediately, but also pointed out the time. This was obviously refusing to have a deep friendship with this person. After understanding this meaning, she stood up and said, "I'll take you out." As she said that, she nodded to Xu Lihua: "Reporter Xu sat down for a moment, and I'll come."

The two walked out of the door, Li Liuli looked around and asked Lin Yutong: "Why don't you like this person so much?"

Lin Yutong couldn't say that this might be a spy with a special mission. She could only smile and said, "Because the parents are more beautiful than me, they have different auras. They don't like each other. Can they be okay?"

"Okay! Why can't it?" Li Liuli smiled, "I feel uncomfortable when this person speaks, it's too strong."

Because Xu Lihua was waiting in the living room, the two of them didn't delay much outside the door. Lin Yutong got into the car sent by the Chen family, waved his hand to Li Liuli, and the car started.

It’s not good to live in the alley because the car can’t get in.

Get off the car at the intersection of the street and walked slowly all the way. When she met Grandma Liu who was working in the teahouse face to face with her own shop, she stopped Lin Yutong: "If the shop changes, it will be ruined. The old Yang's nephew doesn't know how to do business at all. You have to be careful that he can't afford the rent."

It's about Xiao Yang who rents his own shop now.

Lin Yutong glanced at the shop and saw Xiao Yang leaning outside the shop, just around the corner. He didn't stare at the shop, but he seemed to be more when he stared at the door of his house.

At this moment, Lin Yutong looked at him, but he was turning his face into the alley. It was not revealed that Lin Yutong was not far away, and he was discussing him with someone.

Seeing Grandma Liu pointing at Xiao Yang, she smiled, "One person has a way to do business, just make money."

Grandma Liu curled her lips: "Yes, young people now have many ways of doing things."

Lin Yutong said goodbye to Grandma Liu, and then walked towards her home. Seeing that Xiao Yang still didn't turn around, she walked over with a smile, "Xiao Yang!"

Xiao Yang was startled and turned around to see that it was Lin Yutong, with a slightly uncomfortable expression on his face.

"Madam Landlord." Xiao Yang screamed dryly.

Lin Yutong pretended not to see anything, but said enthusiastically: "Do you like a girl? Look at her look? It's useless to be jealous of you. You have to do business well and be able to support your family. Good girls are waiting for you to choose."

Xiao Yang smiled silly, then scratched her head, as if she was really peeking at the other girl just now.

The two were talking when a person flashed from the other side of the corner and coughed uncomfortably.

Lin Yutong knew this person, so he rented it to the opposite door of his house. This is a woman, and everyone calls her Sister Chun. She looks in her twenties and rented it to the room on the second floor of the opposite door. The room is opposite to the windows of Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master. This person comes back every night at 2 or 3 o'clock, and when her lights lit up, Lin Yutong will naturally know. Sister Chun seems to be a dancer, and because she is at work at night, she doesn't meet many times. She has moved here for so long and has met several times, but she has never faced each other directly.

"Mrs. Yin is out?" Sister Chun asked, but her eyes looked at Xiao Yang.

Lin Yutong responded on her mouth, but her eyes observed the reactions of the two. Seeing that Chunjie was like this, she obviously heard her conversation with Xiao Yang, and misunderstood Xiao Yang, thinking that Xiao Yang was the one who was silently following her. Lin Yutong smiled in her heart and looked at Chunjie. Seeing that it was not very hot, she was only wearing a short-sleeved light purple cheongsam, revealing her plump arms. The cheongsam was slit above her knees, and her feet were covered with white light-mouthed leather shoes. It looked very modern. In fact, if you look closely, you will know that the financial conditions are not as good as you look. There are creases on the cheongsam, and it doesn't fit very well on her. If you guessed correctly, it should be in an old clothes stall or a pawn shop.

The leather shoes on the feet are a little peeling on the upper, and the position of the heels can be easily seen. They have been repaired by shoemakers many times. Finally, they are stockings. Nowadays, only a few people wear these stockings, which can be called luxury imported stockings. The imported stockings are very thin, called glass stockings. Lin Yutong has never bought them herself, and she does not know the specific price. But she has seen them in department stores. Many women are buying them, ranging from a few cents to a pair. The specific price depends on the length of the socks. The stockings cost 5 or 6 cents a pair, and the short socks are more than one cent. There is also a medium sock that goes to the calf, which looks like two or three cents. The cheongsam is slit low, so you don’t need expensive stockings. Medium socks can be used for short socks.

Coping with it. Stockings are also different from socks in later generations. They are elastic in later generations and will not fall down when worn. But now, elasticity is really not good. Therefore, for the convenience of wearing, the socks are made with the legs, the ankles are thinner, and then gradually thicker, and after passing the calf, they start to thinner, from the knees to the half-thigh position, and gradually become thicker. Such socks are not elastic, and they are even more tense when worn. In order to prevent slipping down and affecting the beauty, such stockings must be equipped with garters. Although domestic stockings are only a few cents, they are not expensive. But even so, most people have this value

I can't afford it. Why? Because this thing is considered a consumable. Nowadays, the quality of domestic stockings is really worrying. Two pairs of socks can only last for half a month. If you spend two dollars a month to buy socks, how many people are willing to do this? So, these stockings gave birth to an industry, which is to replenish the stockings. If the stockings are torn, they will give them a supplement. It is not obvious that they will only spend one or two cents at a time. Don't look at one or two cents, some people rely on this skill to support their family. There are several traces of replenishment in Chunjie's stockings. Therefore, Lin Yutong judged that this woman was a very financially strapped, but she still had to maintain a decent life.

With this judgment in my heart, I had to look at the joke of Xiao Yang who was monitoring her own family, so I answered to Sister Chun, "Who am I still treating Xiao Yang as Xiao Yang? I just said, in this alley, the girl from which Xiao Yang is so beautiful that she is so fascinated and doesn't do business anymore. It turns out that it is Sister Chun! No wonder. Don't tell me that you came to Xiao Yang's place to buy things."

"What are you saying!" Sister Chun's pretty face turned red, she glanced at Xiao Yang before saying to Lin Yutong: "Mrs. Yin is not easy to joke about. I'm here to buy things."

Lin Yutong waved her hand and patted Xiao Yang on the shoulder again, as if she was helpless: "Okay! OK! Just buy things. Then you two." Her fingers were dotted left and right, "Go and do it. It's time for me to go home."

Xiao Yang looked a little embarrassed and smiled at Lin Yutong, "Landress Madam walked slowly."

When Sister Chun saw Lin Yutong turning the corner, she pulled Xiao Yang, "You guy, you just stretched your head and chased me to see. Now I'm in front of you, but you don't look. Why? Sorry?" As she said that, she pulled Xiao Yang, "Go in, let's go in and talk."

Xiao Yang struggled without pulling his arm out of Chunjie's arms. "Let go! Let go quickly! This is not good."

Sister Chun just pulled her inside: "I want to buy soap, but if I don't go inside, how can I buy it outside?"

"Soup, right?" Xiao Yang said hurriedly: "You let go of me and I'll give it to you. No money."

Sister Chun loosened her hand and pointed at Xiao Yang's chest: "Bad things! You men are really not a good person. I can tell what you want to do at a glance. However, I am not a casual woman. If you want to use this little thing, you can't coax others to you."

Xiao Yang kept retreating because of his tick, and his whole body was filled with goose bumps. He thought to himself, you are really thinking too much! But he responded to it: "I know! I know! I know Sister Chun is not a casual person."

The two of them pushed and shoved them into the store. Grandma Liu wiped the plaque hanging at the door with a rag and looked at the two of them for a long time. Seeing that they were like that, she spat fiercely: "None of them are good things!"

But Lin Yutong returned home and saw Chen Xiangdong and the Fourth Master in the study. But this was her own trip to the Chen family, but Chen Xiangdong ran over again. She went in and said hello, "If I had known you were here, I would have come with Sister Liuli. Don't leave tonight, stay for dinner."

Chen Xiangdong was not polite either, "Okay! I was just about to find someone to drink, but I felt unrest in my heart recently."

The Fourth Master nodded at Lin Yutong: "Go and do it. I'll talk to Brother Chen."

Lin Yutong understood, and after she came out, she beat Hanzai first: "Go and buy some beef and mutton, buy whatever you encounter in various dishes. Mr. Chen rarely comes to have a meal, don't neglect it."

After seeing off Han Zai, Lin Yutong closed the door.

When the fourth master inside heard this, he took out a few recipes from the drawer and pushed them over.

"What is this?" Chen Xiangdong looked at the Fourth Master in confusion and asked.

The Fourth Master ordered some paper: "This is the recipe for skin care products configured in the inner layer. It is a cosmetic for women. This is not possible in the short term in China. But it is different in foreign countries. You just asked me, saying that you don't know what to do after the past. What do you think of this?"

Chen Xiangdong suddenly remembered the skin care products and cosmetics that his mother and wife had told him that Lin Yutong gave them. They thought it was really good and wanted to ask people to inquire, not to mention that there was no in Shanghai, not even in Hong Kong. He also asked several foreign compradors, but they all said they had never seen them. It turned out that this was done by others. If mass production had one-tenth of the effect of hand-made production, then this business would be a big business. Women's money was really easy to make. Even dyed cloth, that was the most dyed cloth. This is the truth!
To be continued...